A Treatise on the Crime of Onan Illustrated with a Variety of Cases, Together with the Method of Cure

"A Treatise on the Crime of Onan" by S. A. D. Tissot concerns the alleged harms of self-pollution, a practice viewed as both physically damaging and morally wrong. The treatise, seemingly from the 1700s, uses medical and ethical arguments to warn against it. The author claims to present the discussion to the public, detailing the bad affects of self-pollution, with case studies, causes, and symptoms. These examples and the author's approach create a serious, cautionary tone, intending to convince readers of the dangers of this particular behavior.